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Issue: Vol. 5828 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.3
Page range: 225-255
Abstract views: 63
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Montana tomorri and Montana dani (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), two new species of bush-crickets from the mountains of south Albania

Hungarian Natural History Museum; Baross u. 13; H-1088 Budapest; Hungary
P.O. BOX 60; 48060 Parga; Greece
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; P.O.Box 9517; 2300 RA Leiden; the Netherlands
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Boul.; 1000 Sofia; Bulgaria
Triesdorf Bahnhof 8; 91732 Merkendorf; Germany
Research Center for Flora and Fauna; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Tirana; Tirana; Albania
P.O. BOX 60; 48060 Parga; Greece
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Boul.; 1000 Sofia; Bulgaria
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology; ELTE Eötvös Loránd University; Budapest; Hungary
Orthoptera balkans mountain endemism Platycleidini bioacoustics phylogeny

Abstract

Two new taxa of Platycleidini have been discovered in southern Albania, with one of them extending its range to the Greek border. In this paper, we analyse their morphological features, the characteristics of their acoustic signals, and phylogenetic relationships. These taxa clearly belong to the cluster of species comprising the four genera Montana, Amedegnatiana, Parnassiana, and Metrioptera s. str. The results of this study suggest their placement within the genus Montana, and we describe two new species: Montana tomorri sp. nov. and Montana dani sp. nov. Our findings highlight the urgent need for a reassessment of the tribe Platycleidini using integrative approaches that incorporate molecular and bioacoustic data, in order to better understand monophyletic groups and evaluate the consistency of current generic classifications.

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How to Cite

Puskás, G., Lemonnier-Darcemont, M., Willemse, L., Chobanov, D., Heller, K.-G., Halimi, E., Darcemont, C., Kotitsa, N. & Szövényi, G. (2026) Montana tomorri and Montana dani (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), two new species of bush-crickets from the mountains of south Albania. Zootaxa, 5828 (2), 225–255. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.3